Grain-elevator.



.T. W. ROBERTS. GRAIN ELEVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 15, 1907. I

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JOSEPH W. ROBERTS, OF SMIT'HVILLE, MISSOURI.

GRAIN-ELEVATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented Dec. 17. 1907.

Application filed August 1511901. S rial no. 388.699.

To all whom t t-may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. ROBERTS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Smithville, in the county of Clay and State 'of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Grain-Elevator, of which the following is a specification.

This invention-has relation to grain elevators and bins and it consists in the novel' construction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown and described;

The object of the inventionis to provide a grain elevator and binespecially adapted to be used upon a farm for storage urposes ture.

also be utilized for housing grain-handling and adapted to contain a relativey small amount of grain. i

The structure consists of a trestle upon which is mounted a bin or series of bins which in turn. are. covered by a roof. The space under the trestle is occupied by machinery for operatin an elevator which is located centrally with relation to thestruc- The space underthe structure may machinerysuch as a separator, corn-sheller, etc.., all of which maybe operatively connected with an engine located under the trestle.

The elevator is provided with a suitable, grain delivery spout through which the grain may be passed into any particular bin and each bin may be provided with an outlet spout through which the grain may be passed from the bin to any of the machine elements above mentioned or to a wagon or car upon the exterior of the bin.

In the accompanying drawing :-Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view'of the elevator and bin. Fig. 2 is a horizontal" sectional view out on the line 22 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view out on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

The bin is preferably circular 1n horizontal section and the structure consists of the trestle-work 1' supporting the platform 2. The platform 2 is at such an elevation as to aiford suflioiont space below the same for housing machinery such as an engine 3, corn sheller 4 and a separator 5. The bin or bins 6 are mounted upon the platform 2 and are coveredat their upper ends by a conical roof 7 The shaft 8 is journaled for rotation.

under the platform '2 and is connected up by means of the belts 9 with the engine 3, the

corn sheller 4 andthe separator 5, when the last said machine elements are being used.

The elevator shaft 10 passes up centrally through the bins 6 and is provided at opposite sides With the inclosed bucket-ways 11. The chain conveyer 12 is provided with suitable buckets and passes around the wheels 13 and is adapted to operate throughout the length of the ways 11 in lifting the grain from the pit 14 to the to which point the grain is, deposited in the spout 15 from whence it 'may be directed into any articular bin 6. a Each bin is provided wit an outletspout 16 and the ladder 17 is arranged between the ways 11 whereby an operator may readily ascend from the room below the platform 2 to the tops of the bin for the purpose of adjusting the spout 15.. The bins 6 are preferably made of sheet metal and the exterior of the trestle-Work 1 of the structure, at.

is sheathed with similar material which adds iently used upon a farm for storing grain in relatively small quantities and for handling the same; as the grain maybe readily passed from one bin to another by permitting it to run from one bin through a spout 16 into. the pit 14 then elevating it by the chain buckets 12 and depositing 1t through the spout 15 into another bin. Also the grain may be passed from any particular bin to the se arator or other machine elements lioused eneath the platforiri 2 or it may be passed from any particular bin into a wagon or car located at the exterior of the bin,

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters- 1 Patent is A bin having a shaft centrally located my own, I have he therein, inclosed bucket Ways located at the opposite sides of the shaft, an endless elevator operating 7 in thebucket ways and 5 spaced ladder rounds attached'at their-ends Witnesses:

to the sides ofthe'bucket Wa s. C. A. DAVIS In testimony that I claim t e fpregoing as in the presence of. t

t0 a'fiked my signature-- we Witnesses v JOSEPH W. ROBERTS. I

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